He who seeks equity must do equity.

It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace.

To secure integrity there must a lofty sense of duty and a deep responsibility to future times as well as to God.

A government, forever changing and changeable, is, indeed, in a state bordering upon anarchy and confusion.

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

How much more do they deserve our reverence and praise, whose lives are devoted to the formation of institutions, which, when they and their children are mingled in the common dust, may continue to cherish the principles and the practice of liberty in perpetual freshness and vigour.